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Primaries: Low voter turnout, big cost to taxpayers
By Jake Griffin - 03/27/13
Most suburban taxpayers didn't get to vote in the February primaries, but they all covered the bills for them. They paid an estimated $130 per vote in DuPage County for 67 Aurora votes. They paid about $125,000 in Cook County for 2,900 Republican... FULL STORY
By Jake Griffin - 03/27/13
Buffalo Grove man now faces murder-for-hire charges
By Jake Griffin - 03/22/13
More charges are filed against an ex-cop who once served time on Illinois' death row in relation to an extortion and murder plot he was arrested for in October 2012. Steven Manning, 61, of Buffalo Grove, is facing new charges related to a potential... FULL STORY
By Jake Griffin - 03/22/13
Taxpayers' pension fund contributions up 172% in 10 years
By Jake Griffin - 03/13/13
Pension obligations for local government employees cost Illinois taxpayers $500 million more than it did 10 years ago. The state's 3,000-plus municipalities, counties, libraries, park districts, townships and other local agencies that pay into the... FULL STORY
By Jake Griffin - 03/13/13
Pension obligations for local government employees cost Illinois taxpayers $500 million more than it did 10 years ago. The state's 3,000-plus municipalities, counties, libraries, park districts, townships and other local agencies that pay into the... FULL STORY
Former Bear, sheriff's deputy charged with tax evasion
By Jake Griffin - 03/07/13
Former Chicago Bear Chris Zorich and a Cook County sheriff's deputy from Elk Grove Village have been charged with failing to file federal income tax returns. The misdemeanor charges carry maximum prison sentences of a year in prison and $100,000... FULL STORY
By Jake Griffin - 03/07/13
Pensions top $100,000 for 42% of District 211 retired educators
By Jake Griffin - 03/06/13
In Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211, 42.5 percent of retired educators receive pensions of more than $100,000 a year, according to state retirement system data. Other suburban schools, including Stevenson High School District 125, Leyden... FULL STORY
By Jake Griffin - 03/06/13
Retired Des Plaines police commander accused in $132,000 fraud
By Madhu Krishnamurthy and Jake Griffin mkrishnamurthy@dailyherald.com - 02/20/13
A former Des Plaines police commander is charged with making false statements in federal reports that led to the department fraudulently receiving $132,893 in overtime reimbursements for drunken driving enforcement. Timothy Veit, 55, of Mount... FULL STORY
By Madhu Krishnamurthy and Jake Griffin mkrishnamurthy@dailyherald.com - 02/20/13
School conference hotels, food, travel cost taxpayers $277,086
By Jake Griffin - 02/13/13
Come for the conference, stay for the hotel room, $57 steak dinner, valet parking and laundry service. Those are just some of the extra costs taxpayers in 89 suburban school districts covered for board members and administrators who attended a... FULL STORY
By Jake Griffin - 02/13/13
Area schools spend $574,197 during weekend in city
By Jake Griffin - 02/06/13
It cost suburban taxpayers $574,197.48 to send 735 school board members and district administrators back to the classroom. The price tag for a weekend-long conference last November includes rooms at downtown Chicago hotels and many free meals, but... FULL STORY
By Jake Griffin - 02/06/13
District's tab for weekend in Chicago: $13,756
By Jake Griffin - 01/30/13
Taxpayers in Fox Lake Elementary District 114 paid for movies, a limo ride and nearly $1,600 in parking fees that were part of a $13,756.20 tab racked up by school board members and administrators at a conference in Chicago nearly three months ago. FULL STORY
By Jake Griffin - 01/30/13
Cold may be cause for several suburban deaths
By Jake Griffin - 01/22/13
Several suburban deaths, including a man who died in his unheated home, are being investigated to determine if the extreme cold weather is to blame. Investigators at the Cook County Medical Examiner's office say the Des Plaines man's death is one of... FULL STORY
By Jake Griffin - 01/22/13
Several suburban deaths, including a man who died in his unheated home, are being investigated to determine if the extreme cold weather is to blame. Investigators at the Cook County Medical Examiner's office say the Des Plaines man's death is one of... FULL STORY
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